Flickr has posted 2.6 million copyright free images from books. The searches result in a strange sets - not perfect. You need to go to the book page link to find the title to image. Link Here https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/ Value: 1. Find great etchings of destroyed art and architecture, 2. sculptures valued in the 19th century and early 20th century and 3. … [Read more...]
Simple Metal Arch Gateway – Auschwitz, Wounded Knee, Angola
It is not fair to identify a particular architectural element with the horror of humanity. Lately, I transitioned from enjoying the light weight decorative metal arch on two pillars - to - association with the tortures and murders of Auschwitz, Wounded Knee and Angola Prison. … [Read more...]
Other Popular Public Art Posts on Facebook
Over the last six months, another set of images were popular on my facebook page (glenn.weiss.100). The question is why? What separates these projects from many, many others. I tried to give one answer to each set. (Click here for the most liked facebook public art) Lovely use of bright colors. Lifts the spirit. Amazing dedication of unique cultures to add the aesthetic to … [Read more...]
Angola Prison Watchtower and Segregated Rail Car at Smithsonian
“While still under construction, in 2013 crews installed two large pieces at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Weighing 80 tons, a segregated railway train care made by the Pullman Company in 1922 was delivered to DC in November 2013 as well as a prison guard tower from Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. It’s an item illustrating the incarceration of black … [Read more...]
Jim Lambie UK 2015 Vinyl Tape
Favorite Public Art on Facebook
I went back over the last six months to see which of by my daily facebook posts received the most "likes" and "shares". I assume that "sharing" is the highest like. The sculpture in Denmark by Indian artists Arunkumar H G was the highest with 125 likes and 46 shares. Chiharu Shioto's 50,000 keys on red string may be the most social media distributed artwork from the 2015 Venice Biennale. My … [Read more...]
SEX – Vagina and Anus
After the "private" showing of Kara Walker's "Sugar Baby" and its giant vulva, the public art doldrums has been disturbed by the mention of "vagina" and "butt". A couple weeks ago, Anish Kapoor was letting his mind wander and described his work to a French reporter - “the vagina of the queen coming into power.” Through the use of the word "vagina", Kapoor transformed his dull work of rusting … [Read more...]
2 Girls Building
Within melbourne’s urban center, the ‘2 girls building’ by australian photographer samantha everton in collaboration with local practice KUD architects http://www.designboom.com/art/2-girls-building-melbourne-samantha-everton-kud-architects-04-02-2015/ … [Read more...]
Close up on Public Artists at Art Basel Miami
Almost nothing that captures the public imagination was displayed at Art Basel Miami. Looking and looking and finding very little that I could present to community with a positive spin. The work was empty without messages and the formal, color works can be found by other artists in the local art scene for much less money. Art Basel did provide me the opportunity to see the tactile, real … [Read more...]
Hank Willis Thomas at Art Basel Miami
I walked the Miami Beach Convention Center for four hours. Only one artist caught my attention more than once - Hank Willis Thomas. And he is represented by the only gallery that interested me - Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC. Here a few other works displayed at Jack Shainman Gallery Booth … [Read more...]
Blah and other Words at Art Basel Miami
Giant words appeared at Art Basel including "EXIT", "PEOPLE", "TRUTH", "BLAH", "ARTFORHUM", "NAKED PICTURES" and few phrase like "CULTURE = CAPITAL" Are we really this empty of ideas and thoughts? Among other things, thinking and emotion were not present at Art Basel Miami. It was a craft show, not fine art as I was trained. … [Read more...]
Sculpture at Art Basel Miami
Outside at the Bass Art Museum. Curated by Nicholas Baume of the Public Art Fund Lynda Benglis Yinka Shonibare Sam Moyer Olaf Metzel Nuria Fuster and Afredo Jaar Matthias Bitzer Goerg Baselitz Batehelemy Touguo Justin Matherly Nancy Rubin Nathalie Djurberg Ernesto Neto Jaume … [Read more...]